Technically speaking, all hackintoshes use pirated copies of OS X, even if the copy was paid for. Without a valid license, it's piracy. OS X requires the use of Apple-branded hardware for the license to be valid.
Again, none of those allow passive communication. i.e. Joe can read the message I sent to Bob without explicitly sending it to Joe. A message board kind of thing would work, but they are so disjointed that Facebook-like services are the only realistic option.
The Facebook API had so much potential, but all the junk applications have made it impossible to weed out the bad applications from the good ones ultimately giving all Facebook applications a bad rap.
I have friends who I'm sure would be happy to give me their email address, but since we've had no reason to email each other, it has never been exchanged.
Of course I could ask for the email address of every person I meet, just in case. But why bother when Facebook does it better?
Unfortunately, email doesn't allow for passive communication like Facebook does. Until this oversight in the email system is resolved, we are stuck with services like Facebook.
Stallman is the man behind the GNU operating system, the operating system typically used with the Linux kernel in Linux distributions. He makes a claim on Linux because it is, in part, his operating system.
How small are your pockets, exactly? I could fit several iPhones in the pockets of any clothes I've ever tried on.
I will grant you this one. However, the phone will be obsolete long before you need a new battery and you can use an external battery in lieu of a spare; no different than carrying another battery, really.
Have you considered the total cost of ownership? Having to power lights throughout the entire day must get expensive. Installing windows sounds much more affordable.
There are several vendors who are willing to back open source software. Several vendors supporting the same software means that you have protection should one of them go out of business.
What do you do when your proprietary software vendor goes out of business or decides to stop supporting said package?
Considering that the school is a place of learning: If the kids already know how to use Windows, why not have them learn how to use Linux (or some other non-Windows system)?
The iPhone has the same TCP/IP stack as Mac OS X. While the iPhone cannot access NNTP out of the box, one could theoretically write their own newsreader or P2P client.
Whether or not Apple would allow you to distribute such an application is another matter.
Just one? Out of the box the iPhone supports TCP, HTTP, IMAP, and POP3 on the internet, just to name a few. If you include third-party applications, the phone really can access the entire internet.
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I don't see why it wouldn't. It runs pretty much the same operating systems that Macs do.
Basecamp is closer to being a forum than a wiki.
I said heard of Rails, not 37signals. Since you know that Ruby on Rails is for web developers, obviously you have heard of it.
They are also the guys behind Ruby on Rails. Considering that topic is brought up quite often on Slashdot, I'm sure most people here have heard of it.
Technically speaking, all hackintoshes use pirated copies of OS X, even if the copy was paid for. Without a valid license, it's piracy. OS X requires the use of Apple-branded hardware for the license to be valid.
And the market doesn't want yet another physical medium. The people want internet distribution of media.
There is nothing inherently flawed about the idea of two (or more) passing lanes. It does not make any of them "fast lanes."
PHP is fairly complex compared to many other languages. Why would Moodle choose PHP if extensibility by non-programmers is a key part of the project?
What do you mean? The new Facebook is several orders of magnitude better than the old one.
It says that when you navigate elsewhere (e.g. mail.google.com to hotmail.com), the underlying process can change.
Again, none of those allow passive communication. i.e. Joe can read the message I sent to Bob without explicitly sending it to Joe. A message board kind of thing would work, but they are so disjointed that Facebook-like services are the only realistic option.
The Facebook API had so much potential, but all the junk applications have made it impossible to weed out the bad applications from the good ones ultimately giving all Facebook applications a bad rap.
I have friends who I'm sure would be happy to give me their email address, but since we've had no reason to email each other, it has never been exchanged.
Of course I could ask for the email address of every person I meet, just in case. But why bother when Facebook does it better?
Unfortunately, email doesn't allow for passive communication like Facebook does. Until this oversight in the email system is resolved, we are stuck with services like Facebook.
You have to enforce trademarks, else you lose them. I'm afraid it's too late for you.
Safari doesn't have a home button (by default) either.
Stallman is the man behind the GNU operating system, the operating system typically used with the Linux kernel in Linux distributions. He makes a claim on Linux because it is, in part, his operating system.
Have you considered the total cost of ownership? Having to power lights throughout the entire day must get expensive. Installing windows sounds much more affordable.
There are several vendors who are willing to back open source software. Several vendors supporting the same software means that you have protection should one of them go out of business.
What do you do when your proprietary software vendor goes out of business or decides to stop supporting said package?
Considering that the school is a place of learning: If the kids already know how to use Windows, why not have them learn how to use Linux (or some other non-Windows system)?
The iPhone has the same TCP/IP stack as Mac OS X. While the iPhone cannot access NNTP out of the box, one could theoretically write their own newsreader or P2P client.
Whether or not Apple would allow you to distribute such an application is another matter.
Just one? Out of the box the iPhone supports TCP, HTTP, IMAP, and POP3 on the internet, just to name a few. If you include third-party applications, the phone really can access the entire internet.
Implementing Java and Flash on the iPhone would go against the SDK rules.
Javascript is an amazing language. The C-like syntax gets in the way occasionally, but all-in-all it's up there with the best of them.
The problem is that most people do not even realize that it is an object oriented language, let alone containing functional language features as well.